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I have refreshed the firmware of the 18-1800 transmission version, but it still cannot transmit in the aviation frequency band 118-136. The receiver cannot receive sound, but there is a prompt on the screen and the green light will also be on. May I ask how to solve it? Does the hardware need to be modified?
Just recieved this unit today, after purchasing it some weeks back in China, as it was so ludicrisly cheap, not least from a danish perspective., where everything is very pricey.. as both shipping and VAT +25% elevates it a lot. but 17 - US in total with VAT and shipping, seemed weirdly low, with incl. AC chargercradle, beltclip, typeC cable just seemed to cheap to pass on.. just did a wattage test on K5 146Mhz - High-mode peak 5.05W and settles around 4.99W (SWR1.01 dummyload) - Medium-mode peak 3.44W settles at 3.41W (SWR1.01 dummyload) - Low-mode peak 1.54 setttles at 1.52W (SWR1.01 dummyload) If anybody checked theirs at 146Mhz, would love to hear the values. Used Wattage & SWR tool surecom SW33+ with a 20W dummyload that came incl. (an wattage/SWT tool to around 30 to 35 bucks). The only other programable walkie i got is, the 8800+ which is way more expensive at around 55 US. thx for the hint abolut this software, could make these KV5 very popular
Nelzya in Russian means disallowed ) SWR in this radio (factory antenna) is good at 145 and 430 so it is no surpise you can hear airband which is slightly below. With tuned antenna or wideband antenna like from those rtl sdrs you will be able to hear much more. What a great model they made!
Easy way to jump into the 23cm band is put in 999.999 then hold the up button then at the same time press the down button and it will jump to 470, press the down button to jump down to 300 then again press the down button and it will jump to the top of the 23cm band, will show something like 2995, just the '1' missing. If you have it set on 25khz steps it's easy to go down to where you want . Save it in memory like normal and when you retrieve the frequency it works, save doing the procedure again. Getting it to jump bands by holding the up button as above but this time a press of the middle button on the left seems to do the same trick. Radio also TX on 925.5 which is our allocation. Don't expect much power out but it's a handy shack tool as a signal generator.
Thanks for this video!!! I have installed the 18 to 1300Mhz bin file and it workd like a charm. Have to do some more testing tomorrow, but so far it looks good.
First! I found that firmware page yesterday, that's a whole rabbit hole to go down, isn't it? I've got my K5 hooked up with the AIOC board and a pi running direwolf at the moment. Apparently, I'm gonna have to tinker with new firmwares in the next couple of days. Good job, mate!
Nice! Yeah I chucked it on quickly this afternoon. I still don’t know how to manually input frequencies above 1 GHz without it selecting a lower band. Also need to do sensitivity tests
Ahhh!!! You made me order another radio! Since none of my DMR radios can receive in AM mode, or even operate in 108-136 Mhz, I had no choice! Darn You! 😁
I think it's worth mentioning that two other very talented people worked on the firmwares and collaborated together with Andrej (Tunas1337) on making these possible. I can't wait to see what else the three of them achieve together, and I hope more people join their efforts!
Also, when you punched in 1000 MHz on the TPI, you could click the Modulation tab and punch in a 1Khz FM tone with modulation level set to 20% or so. That way you could hear it on the UV-K5. ;) and..... I would think you might want to turn down the RF Output Level on the TPI to something like -85dBm to verify it will receive well on a low level signal. Right now at your -40dBm level youre not really making sure there arent issues with the Front End of radio in hearing weak signals. 👌
Yeah I just threw it on quickly and I was preoccupied with trying to get it working on 1.2 GHz to see how it is on the ham band. I'll need to do some further sensitivity testing later. Once I can work out how to actually get up to 1.2 gig in the radio
Installed new firmware now, and done some initial testing. It does receive, but sensetivity on lower frequencies (under +/-70Mhz) is not great. Its is noisy all over the spectrum as I can see if you transmit. But still fun to play with and see what it can do, I am still surprised that it works
@@pe1owg439 If you have that Baofeng usb-to-headphone mic jacks, try to push it harder to the body of uv-k5. And be sure you have unzipped the uv-k5 usb-driver file. That was resolution of mistakes I initialy made,..
Great mod to radio. I found that on uk 6m & 4m bands second harmonic was higher than fundamental frequency. Also found that TX worked on air band. Looks like pa stage filters are only for 2m & 70cm. Good fun but have put standard firmware back as don't want jets falling out of sky. 73s G8GRL
Displaying frequencies on the screen means pretty much nothing, even if the oscillators will oscillate on those frequencies. There are hardware LC filters built in, preselectors, (bandpass filters,) low-pass output filters, etc, that will block reception sensitivity and output signals on any frequency that is not among those designed into the radio. So on receive the radio will have 2 bandpass filters. Either one or the other will be switched in, period. The radio will be essentially deaf to any other band. On transmit there will be 2 low-pass filters, one for each band to filter out harmonic multiples above the transmit band. The radio will switch in one or the other, period. The transmit output stages themselves are tuned for those 2 bands, so their impedances will typically go to Hell very far outside those bands, so the chance of blowing them goes way up. Multi-band radios are expensive precisely due to having to add banks of the correct filters and impedance matching elements, and of course the switching for all of those bands. These frequency-opening mods aren't the magic mods and secret bands that are a joy to so many hackers and experimenters. They are simply detuning a radio so that it no longer works correctly. Playing with these parameters in these HT's is equivalent to tuning a car engine so that it operates well above red-line into a constricted exhaust system. Everything is just wrong. You don't get a race car. You get a blown-up engine or one that won't start. I'd suggest that if someone wants to experiment with multi-band mods they should start with an ADX type rig, some down-converter circuits, a bag of toroids and capacitors, a soldering iron, a NanoVNA, and a TinySA. That way actually works, and coincidentally is what hams are actually licensed to do, with the exception of transmitting on anything but a ham band.
software mods preceed hardware mods these days. now we know the software can play nice we can poke around with the filters. maybe they can be bypassed then use a tuned filter on the antenna side to keep it legal. a mat-10 tuner taped to the back and a 5m whip might get kq2h on a good day?
Furthermore, you could quite legitimately bodge this radio and use it as an exciter. Tx low power, and do the filtering and PA yourself, or mix with an LO to convert for some other hardware. Not that I think anyone here cares about that, but it addresses the credibility of the mod.
If you program 999.995, in the 5KHz step mode then use the arrow keys to scroll UP, it will take you down below the AM radio band 000.oo on the display. Not sure what the receive is down there. I am unable to receive AM radio from a local AM station at 1590 AM. The display does go there. Using the UP arrow left of the speaker, it takes you down to 000.oo on the display. Not sure how to get 1.3 GHz to program into the 6 digit plus 2 display, 999.995.oo. The firmware does work. Version K5_26 which is the latest firmware? AnySecu radio model UV-K5, same radio. So far tested, 28-30, 50-54, 144-148, 220-225, 430-470, 900 Mhz Ham bands and beyond. FM, TX and RX confirmed. The system on a chip provides from DC to daylight, the circuitry of the radio does not support the entire HF bands below 18 MHz. Thank you. 73'
I think in past videos on Quansheng you mentioned many other names associated to it. For example availability here in the States it's easy to aquire a Anysecu radio which is identical to the Quasheng and to which I was able to perform one of the earlier hacks to unlock 220 band.BTW it's OK for receiving but not for transmitting , little to no pwer output. Nice little radio but tempted to try the Quansheng hacks just to see if workable for extended recieve like you have tried. I get the risks & may brick it but enjoy experimentation and radio was pretty inexpensive and cheaply enough to replace if I choose. I'll let ya know what happens down the page once I get to it !
The AnySecu is the radio I used for this firmware and it works. K5_26 top of the firmware update list. In case you are interested. Same radio. I have both Quansheng and AnySecu radios. TX on 54 MHz is usable on FM. Below that, and AM is poor audio, even receive. So, 50-54, 144-148, 220-225, 430-470 MHz. I have not tried 29 MHz FM audio yet. You'll need a resonant antenna, on other bands, or an antenna tuner that will tune QRP, or very low power, 1/4 watt, 250 milliwatts.
I mentioned elsewhere Gary that I use one of the sub $20 3 watt amps with mine and an adjustable attenuator to prevent overload. These amps need between 2 and 10mw drive to get 3 watts out. SO far I've had contacts on 11m, 10m 6m and 4m with good reports, we dont have 220MHz here in the UK.
@Ham Radio DX , do you know a programsoftware to upload the Bin file firmware from a Linux Mint computer to the Quansheng? I searched on Google but i can´t find it.
So you said there were "a lot of spurs", that means spurious emissions? Suppose I had the extra rating so I could talk on the hf bands, and I tested the radio to confirm there are no spurious emissions, could I legally transmit on the bands I can talk on? Or is the radio only certified for vhf/uhf, so even if everything else checked out legally, it would still be illegal?
if you have the extra license, and you confirmed your unit has acceptable levels of spurious emissions as per your local government radio comms agency regulation, then it would be legal doesn't matter what device you use, as long as you're following regulations, it would be okay. though if you use a device designed for vhf uhf and you modded it to work on hf, I doubt you'll get enough power out of it
@@didotb01 thanks for the good reply! My dream device is a handheld that can rx/tx on every band. I'd be fine with 5 watts of output power because I know how important a good antenna and placement is, and I don't mind hooking it to different antennas for different bands, some of which could have amplifiers inline. I just hate the idea of buying a nice hf radio that costs hundreds of dollars, but has to stay at home and can ONLY work on hf. I want a unit that can do everything and I can bring it with me
I would think to Tx on unlocked frequencies, original antenna SWR would be too high, change antenna to match band you want to transmit on. Test your antennas on a NanoVNA to see that they match your intended application. Lots of antennas I tested peak off band! Lots of SWR and low range in band!
Hey Hayden, Thanks a million for this video, my UV-K6 turned up yesterday, having used it for a couple of hours, I note a couple of things: It's easier to programme than my Baofeng UV-5R, without a programming cable I mean. I did buy a cable with the UV-K6, your video on the firmware upgrades was awesome, although it took a moment to get around downloading the firmware from GitHub, I've never had to do this before. The stock antenna makes the radio as deaf a a post, I changed it for another that I had and I could hear the local fire brigade of which I am a member, it was as clear as day! Not sure if I'm having a senior moment here, but in the programming software (with respect to 2m repeaters) it asks for the receive frequency and the transmit frequency, is that the radio end or the repeater it is asking for in either case? I stared at this for some time, thinking, what??? One final thing, in all of the frequencies I've programmed into this radio after the firmware upgrade, I still cannot TX on anything out of the usual 2m/70cm band plan, that is exactly what I wanted, I can RX but not TX.
I’d recommend using Chirp mate to program - it’s much easier and better than the QS software (I wouldn’t recommend using it or installing it). When it asks for receive frequency it means the repeaters TX freq (i.e. the frequency the radio listens to). The opposite way around when it asks for transmit. I hope that helps
I bought one of these radios, but try as I might, I cannot get the firmware mod to update the radio. It keeps telling me the update failed, or it's not compatible, or whatever. *Nothing* seems to work. Any suggestions? I'm just trying to get the extended reception on the radio. I'm trying to load the Tunas1337 mod as shown on your vid. Thanks.....
I ordered 2 K5 radios, hand mics and programming cable from same seller. Programming cable and CD say "Baofeng" (actually looks like "a/\OFENG") is it OK to use for firmware update? Also which Windows Version is BAD for this upload task? I'm reading there's a few bricked radios out there, but no reasons given. TY!!
Not sure if they have changed something in the firmware update software, but the bin files from github are giving me file length errors when I hit update.
Awesome video!!! When the frequencies are unlocked does the radio receive and send a signal on all frequencies or can it only receive a signal? Thanks in advance!
I am guessing he tested with output at 500 mW...not much filter heating around the 2M band in his chart. The filters look pretty tight. I wonder if the filters will catch fire?
its working with mine, can tx on fm broadcast band in fm or am, can just about tx cb27 but slight offset. above 1ghz the first 1 is ommitted from display. delivers tx into dummy load for am airband! almost as good as my vx7r, if only it did sideband, eh? if quansheng play smart they will play on the marketing generated by the hacker community. there should be a new version of chirp for it soon. work is in progress
I performed the update but due to a power failure it failed to complete the operation. Now it goes into programming mode but it doesn't work anymore. Any idea how to reprogram?
Hi!, Just watching this video now I know it's been a while since its out. at 7:42 how do you make it work so that you can listen to the trunked frequency? You mentioned that we have to manually switch frequencies how do we do that exactly?
im late to the party but i cannot frint the programming software anywhere on the site jut the one to set and prrograsm the radio not flash it, has it moved?
Hey!! whatsupp! I don´t know why, I am cannot download the firmware for this radio. (from the official site). I click on the link and it does nothing... PLS HELP!! It does the same on my notebook and on pc...
My radio appears as COM4 on the “Portable radio update tools”, but when I press connect I get the Red Cross error message: “a device which does not exist was specified”.
Update, Attempted to upload the hacked UV-K5 firmware to the QuanSheng UV-5R, it gives an error and says the filename does not match. So, no go on the QuanSheng UV-5R, to UV-K5 hacked firmware update. It will program with the QuanSheng 1.38 programming software and takes a codeplug from the UV-K5 as well. Wonder if the Google chrome online firmware upload version will bypass that error? Anyone willing to give it a try and post results here would be appreciated. Thanks 73'
Is there a way to open the radio up to transmit on Airbands? I know it wouldn't be legal but it would be great for emergency use if lost and you happened to see search aircraft looking for you.
You should be able to pick up an old but good Icom IC A2, etc for $50 to $100 it wont be 8.33k legal but most important Air channels are still on 25k steps
The UV-5K will receive AM, but its hardware cannot transmit AM, only FM. You might break their squelch, but FM coming into an AM receiver will likely be too distorted to copy.
@@mmpiforall5913 You only need class A/AB on an AM tx if you are modulating an early stage.Most AM tx use a class C PA with a matching equal power AM Audio amp modulator feeding the PA's collector or drain. I've used an AM HF comm rx with a 2M converter and if you slope detect FM (offset by around 5KHz) it RX fine.
Hello ! I have a problem with my radio. When I click on update an error message appears. It says "update program failed!". Since, I can no longer turn on my radio. When I turn the knob, nothing is displayed on the screen.
Thanks Hayden, I bought one of these radios on eBay (sorry Amazon had none at the time), but I looked at the sale email and apparently I had bought a UV-K6?, it won't make it here until April. Is this a thing?, I was not aware of this model, have I been sold something different or is this a typo? Thanks for the upgrade info though, it's awesome.
with a short whip i can get am broadcast stations around 19-22mhz. i need to get a second one to tear down and see if there ae filters that can be bypassed/switched/tweaked. its only the tuned components that stop the full 5w on most frequencies to tx, they no doubt present a problem on rx. it may be possible to add some latch relays to add a bypass for rx, and a choice of inductors for the output filters on tx
I am able to read and write to my UV-K5 using the CPS app but when I try to upload a BIN file with the update tool I get a "The length of the file is too much!" error. I have tried renaming it to something shorter and moving it to the root of the drive but I'm still getting the same error message.
hi, in how mode i know this radio is the First or the Second VERSION model ??? this expantion fix FW is only for the band or have the SSB receiving ? 73
The incl. TypeC to USB cable is solely charging and dont give acces to programming? is it mandatory to gte one of these baofeng programming cable to upgrade it? or could I use that incl. earphone cable with K5 that got that dual jack interface, and then cut the headhpne-end and suit it with a USB plug, if it got enough wire-strings and you know the USB pinout? and use that as a makeshift programming cable.
No programming on the USB-C. Yes you'll need a programming cable. Cannot use the earphone as you'd need a USB to serial converter chip and some other bits.
I have refreshed the firmware of the 18-1800 transmission version, but it still cannot transmit in the aviation frequency band 118-136. The receiver cannot receive sound, but there is a prompt on the screen and the green light will also be on. May I ask how to solve it? Does the hardware need to be modified?
I would love to have that great RSSI and extra backlight time but not at the expense of loosing half the output power on 446 Mhz. It seems that not as much is lost on 433 Mhz.
Will it scan a range stop on a received freq and continue scanning if not it's pretty much worthless for 800mhz trunking. If it dosentchave this option I can't imagine why they don't put it in as it would sell like crazy as a legit scanner even for trunking.
The firmware upload tool has been updated to version 1.1.12. It causes an error on the larger .bin files. Anyone have the previous version 1.1.11 available somewhere? Tnx
i just want to listen and i tryed also going to duplex and it dose not have the option to do so and i went in the basic settings and it didnt have it ether i was ablr to do it on bofang easily is it possable gor you tto send me how to do it or make a youtube video
is it possible to do the same thing on the Quansheng UV K5 (8) ? im torn between the Quansheng UV K5 and the Quansheng UV K5 (8) . I like the deisgn of Quansheng UV K5 (8) much more but i wonder if i will be able to find as much tutorials like this one regarding the newer model....
V1.1.12 everything working, downloading complete BUT are same frequency, nothing change after download, if problem is in version because I saw you use V1.1.11, what gone wrong?
Im with you... the software on the site is sketchy looking.. and my computer is confident that its a virus. It wants to talk to china. My suggestion is doing this on an isolated computer.
Just "on"... Hold the PTT, turn the volume knob and the LED light on the top comes on... plug in the programming cable and the TX/RX LED changes to blue. Then you should be good to program.
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I have refreshed the firmware of the 18-1800 transmission version, but it still cannot transmit in the aviation frequency band 118-136. The receiver cannot receive sound, but there is a prompt on the screen and the green light will also be on. May I ask how to solve it? Does the hardware need to be modified?
Just recieved this unit today, after purchasing it some weeks back in China, as it was so ludicrisly cheap, not least from a danish perspective., where everything is very pricey.. as both shipping and VAT +25% elevates it a lot.
but 17 - US in total with VAT and shipping, seemed weirdly low, with incl. AC chargercradle, beltclip, typeC cable just seemed to cheap to pass on..
just did a wattage test on K5
146Mhz
- High-mode peak 5.05W and settles around 4.99W (SWR1.01 dummyload)
- Medium-mode peak 3.44W settles at 3.41W (SWR1.01 dummyload)
- Low-mode peak 1.54 setttles at 1.52W (SWR1.01 dummyload)
If anybody checked theirs at 146Mhz, would love to hear the values.
Used Wattage & SWR tool surecom SW33+ with a 20W dummyload that came incl. (an wattage/SWT tool to around 30 to 35 bucks).
The only other programable walkie i got is, the 8800+ which is way more expensive at around 55 US.
thx for the hint abolut this software, could make these KV5 very popular
@@HamRadioDX Can I do the same on the 5r plus?
Nelzya in Russian means disallowed ) SWR in this radio (factory antenna) is good at 145 and 430 so it is no surpise you can hear airband which is slightly below. With tuned antenna or wideband antenna like from those rtl sdrs you will be able to hear much more. What a great model they made!
Easy way to jump into the 23cm band is put in 999.999 then hold the up button then at the same time press the down button and it will jump to 470, press the down button to jump down to 300 then again press the down button and it will jump to the top of the 23cm band, will show something like 2995, just the '1' missing. If you have it set on 25khz steps it's easy to go down to where you want . Save it in memory like normal and when you retrieve the frequency it works, save doing the procedure again. Getting it to jump bands by holding the up button as above but this time a press of the middle button on the left seems to do the same trick. Radio also TX on 925.5 which is our allocation. Don't expect much power out but it's a handy shack tool as a signal generator.
This works great and i have RX now on 23cms as well..
thanks..
Thanks for this video!!! I have installed the 18 to 1300Mhz bin file and it workd like a charm. Have to do some more testing tomorrow, but so far it looks good.
I think it said 1300 Mhz.
@@anotherdave5107 Yes, that is correct. My bad.
Ware do you download that portable radio tools program?
@@damiengirvan5020 I hope the links stay, some YT channels delete them.
First!
I found that firmware page yesterday, that's a whole rabbit hole to go down, isn't it? I've got my K5 hooked up with the AIOC board and a pi running direwolf at the moment. Apparently, I'm gonna have to tinker with new firmwares in the next couple of days. Good job, mate!
Nice! Yeah I chucked it on quickly this afternoon. I still don’t know how to manually input frequencies above 1 GHz without it selecting a lower band. Also need to do sensitivity tests
Ahhh!!! You made me order another radio! Since none of my DMR radios can receive in AM mode, or even operate in 108-136 Mhz, I had no choice! Darn You! 😁
Glad I could help!
108 to 117.975Mhz is aircraft VOR beacons, aircraft coms is 118.000 and up.
I think it's worth mentioning that two other very talented people worked on the firmwares and collaborated together with Andrej (Tunas1337) on making these possible. I can't wait to see what else the three of them achieve together, and I hope more people join their efforts!
Hopefully they will do the QuanSheng UV-5R firmware as well. I tried to upload it and it gives an error.
THANKS ! THANKS TO THESE GUYS! Seriously, Moznja Ilji Nelzya, I Love Them !
Thanks for showing me this awesome hack, much appreciated. My UV-K5(8) model works on all bands including CB in AM & FM.
Glad to help. Thanks for the Super Thanks too!
What did you install this firmware from the video?
@@psiho_051 No i gambled with the new model UV-K6 with a custom firmware tested on the older UV-K5. The firmware is available on a different site.
@@QUADBOYification Can you send a link? I am trying to convert this radio to CB. With this firmware, the Portable Radio CPS software does not work
@@psiho051 Sorry, lost it. But you can search TH-cam for it.
Amazing, just what I was looking for! Thank you so much!
Awesome Hayden. Very cool seeing my handle listed as a new member. 😀
someone needs to add a trunking mod to the UV-K5 . ;)
Also, when you punched in 1000 MHz on the TPI, you could click the Modulation tab and punch in a 1Khz FM tone with modulation level set to 20% or so. That way you could hear it on the UV-K5. ;)
and..... I would think you might want to turn down the RF Output Level on the TPI to something like -85dBm to verify it will receive well on a low level signal. Right now at your -40dBm level youre not really making sure there arent issues with the Front End of radio in hearing weak signals. 👌
Thanks you again for being a member!
Yeah I just threw it on quickly and I was preoccupied with trying to get it working on 1.2 GHz to see how it is on the ham band. I'll need to do some further sensitivity testing later. Once I can work out how to actually get up to 1.2 gig in the radio
That's crazy , I never would have thought it could do that.
Remember when all you had to do is cut a diode?😂 wonderful video Hayden!
Which diode?
Or snip the green wire .. lol
@@adammoss5284 oh yes! Always the green wire!!
@@redbluff2583that was in the old radio shack scanner
@@redbluff2583 Icoms
Installed new firmware now, and done some initial testing. It does receive, but sensetivity on lower frequencies (under +/-70Mhz) is not great. Its is noisy all over the spectrum as I can see if you transmit. But still fun to play with and see what it can do, I am still surprised that it works
what cable did you use? mine doenst work
@@pe1owg439 i used the ordinary programming cable. Remember to hold ptt while you turn on radio to be able to update
@@pe1owg439 If you have that Baofeng usb-to-headphone mic jacks, try to push it harder to the body of uv-k5. And be sure you have unzipped the uv-k5 usb-driver file. That was resolution of mistakes I initialy made,..
Ware do you download that portable radio tools program?
@@damiengirvan5020 Regular Quansheng site. After you unzip uodate you must unzip driver setaretly program which is part of update.
Bought a K6 as well, hacked firmware works fine on it.
Great mod to radio. I found that on uk 6m & 4m bands second harmonic was higher than fundamental frequency. Also found that TX worked on air band. Looks like pa stage filters are only for 2m & 70cm. Good fun but have put standard firmware back as don't want jets falling out of sky. 73s G8GRL
i bet a small transmitting loop woul get those harmonics back in line.
VHF 118-136? or ads-b 1090M?
TX in AM?
@@david_ropes yes. not great but legible and definate not fm
Nice to hear that! Which soft exactly unlocks the TX in the air band? I fly a glider, so sometimes I need a backup radio.
Firmware works great on mine, no issues thanks to all creators!
Displaying frequencies on the screen means pretty much nothing, even if the oscillators will oscillate on those frequencies. There are hardware LC filters built in, preselectors, (bandpass filters,) low-pass output filters, etc, that will block reception sensitivity and output signals on any frequency that is not among those designed into the radio. So on receive the radio will have 2 bandpass filters. Either one or the other will be switched in, period. The radio will be essentially deaf to any other band. On transmit there will be 2 low-pass filters, one for each band to filter out harmonic multiples above the transmit band. The radio will switch in one or the other, period. The transmit output stages themselves are tuned for those 2 bands, so their impedances will typically go to Hell very far outside those bands, so the chance of blowing them goes way up. Multi-band radios are expensive precisely due to having to add banks of the correct filters and impedance matching elements, and of course the switching for all of those bands. These frequency-opening mods aren't the magic mods and secret bands that are a joy to so many hackers and experimenters. They are simply detuning a radio so that it no longer works correctly.
Playing with these parameters in these HT's is equivalent to tuning a car engine so that it operates well above red-line into a constricted exhaust system. Everything is just wrong. You don't get a race car. You get a blown-up engine or one that won't start. I'd suggest that if someone wants to experiment with multi-band mods they should start with an ADX type rig, some down-converter circuits, a bag of toroids and capacitors, a soldering iron, a NanoVNA, and a TinySA. That way actually works, and coincidentally is what hams are actually licensed to do, with the exception of transmitting on anything but a ham band.
software mods preceed hardware mods these days. now we know the software can play nice we can poke around with the filters. maybe they can be bypassed then use a tuned filter on the antenna side to keep it legal.
a mat-10 tuner taped to the back and a 5m whip might get kq2h on a good day?
Relax Nancy, it’s priced like the toy that it is. I mean really? This should be obvious to anyone who passed their exam.
Furthermore, you could quite legitimately bodge this radio and use it as an exciter. Tx low power, and do the filtering and PA yourself, or mix with an LO to convert for some other hardware. Not that I think anyone here cares about that, but it addresses the credibility of the mod.
If you program 999.995, in the 5KHz step mode then use the arrow keys to scroll UP, it will take you down below the AM radio band 000.oo on the display. Not sure what the receive is down there. I am unable to receive AM radio from a local AM station at 1590 AM. The display does go there. Using the UP arrow left of the speaker, it takes you down to 000.oo on the display. Not sure how to get 1.3 GHz to program into the 6 digit plus 2 display, 999.995.oo. The firmware does work. Version K5_26 which is the latest firmware? AnySecu radio model UV-K5, same radio. So far tested, 28-30, 50-54, 144-148, 220-225, 430-470, 900 Mhz Ham bands and beyond. FM, TX and RX confirmed. The system on a chip provides from DC to daylight, the circuitry of the radio does not support the entire HF bands below 18 MHz. Thank you. 73'
where do you download portable radio update tools (v1.1.12)?
I think in past videos on Quansheng you mentioned many other names associated to it. For example availability here in the States it's easy to aquire a Anysecu radio which is identical to the Quasheng and to which I was able to perform one of the earlier hacks to unlock 220 band.BTW it's OK for receiving but not for transmitting , little to no pwer output. Nice little radio but tempted to try the Quansheng hacks just to see if workable for extended recieve like you have tried. I get the risks & may brick it but enjoy experimentation and radio was pretty inexpensive and cheaply enough to replace if I choose. I'll let ya know what happens down the page once I get to it !
Just FYI, I work 220 repeaters with no issue, full quiet, but of course depends on terrain and distance.
The AnySecu is the radio I used for this firmware and it works. K5_26 top of the firmware update list. In case you are interested. Same radio. I have both Quansheng and AnySecu radios. TX on 54 MHz is usable on FM. Below that, and AM is poor audio, even receive. So, 50-54, 144-148, 220-225, 430-470 MHz. I have not tried 29 MHz FM audio yet. You'll need a resonant antenna, on other bands, or an antenna tuner that will tune QRP, or very low power, 1/4 watt, 250 milliwatts.
I mentioned elsewhere Gary that I use one of the sub $20 3 watt amps with mine and an adjustable attenuator to prevent overload. These amps need between 2 and 10mw drive to get 3 watts out. SO far I've had contacts on 11m, 10m 6m and 4m with good reports, we dont have 220MHz here in the UK.
What is the difference between the encrypted 18 to 1300 bin and TX 50-850, AM 18-850 bin?
Hello. Is there already a modified programming software to save the frequencies?
Chirp ?
But what about antennas?
Even if you can’t transmit on a lot of the frequencies, for someone that doesn’t transmit, like myself, that would be perfect.
I'm really new to this, never owned one before but I intend on listening and learning. What would you recommend I do first when it arrives?
@Ham Radio DX , do you know a programsoftware to upload the Bin file firmware from a Linux Mint computer to the Quansheng?
I searched on Google but i can´t find it.
Bout time somebody made a video on this... 😂
Thanks to you it was all possible 👍
So you said there were "a lot of spurs", that means spurious emissions?
Suppose I had the extra rating so I could talk on the hf bands, and I tested the radio to confirm there are no spurious emissions, could I legally transmit on the bands I can talk on? Or is the radio only certified for vhf/uhf, so even if everything else checked out legally, it would still be illegal?
if you have the extra license, and you confirmed your unit has acceptable levels of spurious emissions as per your local government radio comms agency regulation, then it would be legal
doesn't matter what device you use, as long as you're following regulations, it would be okay.
though if you use a device designed for vhf uhf and you modded it to work on hf, I doubt you'll get enough power out of it
@@didotb01 thanks for the good reply! My dream device is a handheld that can rx/tx on every band. I'd be fine with 5 watts of output power because I know how important a good antenna and placement is, and I don't mind hooking it to different antennas for different bands, some of which could have amplifiers inline.
I just hate the idea of buying a nice hf radio that costs hundreds of dollars, but has to stay at home and can ONLY work on hf. I want a unit that can do everything and I can bring it with me
I had a ham test his unit at Hamvention, he told me it passed.
The list of the output powers you mention at 10:02 are the levels of the harmonics if you transmit with 27.254MHz i think.
@@MrKeys57 what did you have to change to get it fixed
@@MrKeys57i hate people that dont tell HOW they fixed it
@@Bbarrow79 the upgrade is on Girhub, user Fiagci
very cool. i was already impressed by this radio as standard, but now i am super impressed 👍👍👍👍
Nice, it even worked on my Anysecu UV-k5. Thanks much.
When you PTT at 850.0 - NELZYA - is Russian for - “not allowed”
Ahhh thank you!
Oh of course it's Russian for not allowed haha
Sorry, I was playing around with the strings as a joke! That one made it past the publishing filter. - Andrej
Can’t you go into hidden menu and turn that off? Maybe....😉
I would think to Tx on unlocked frequencies, original antenna SWR would be too high, change antenna to match band you want to transmit on. Test your antennas on a NanoVNA to see that they match your intended application. Lots of antennas I tested peak off band! Lots of SWR and low range in band!
Hey Hayden,
Thanks a million for this video, my UV-K6 turned up yesterday, having used it for a couple of hours, I note a couple of things:
It's easier to programme than my Baofeng UV-5R, without a programming cable I mean.
I did buy a cable with the UV-K6, your video on the firmware upgrades was awesome, although it took a moment to get around downloading the firmware from GitHub, I've never had to do this before.
The stock antenna makes the radio as deaf a a post, I changed it for another that I had and I could hear the local fire brigade of which I am a member, it was as clear as day!
Not sure if I'm having a senior moment here, but in the programming software (with respect to 2m repeaters) it asks for the receive frequency and the transmit frequency, is that the radio end or the repeater it is asking for in either case?
I stared at this for some time, thinking, what???
One final thing, in all of the frequencies I've programmed into this radio after the firmware upgrade, I still cannot TX on anything out of the usual 2m/70cm band plan, that is exactly what I wanted, I can RX but not TX.
I’d recommend using Chirp mate to program - it’s much easier and better than the QS software (I wouldn’t recommend using it or installing it).
When it asks for receive frequency it means the repeaters TX freq (i.e. the frequency the radio listens to). The opposite way around when it asks for transmit. I hope that helps
I bought one of these radios, but try as I might, I cannot get the firmware mod to update the radio. It keeps telling me the update failed, or it's not compatible, or whatever. *Nothing* seems to work. Any suggestions? I'm just trying to get the extended reception on the radio. I'm trying to load the Tunas1337 mod as shown on your vid. Thanks.....
Great video thank you
I ordered 2 K5 radios, hand mics and programming cable from same seller. Programming cable and CD say "Baofeng" (actually looks like "a/\OFENG") is it OK to use for firmware update? Also which Windows Version is BAD for this upload task? I'm reading there's a few bricked radios out there, but no reasons given. TY!!
Not sure if they have changed something in the firmware update software, but the bin files from github are giving me file length errors when I hit update.
Awesome video!!! When the frequencies are unlocked does the radio receive and send a signal on all frequencies or can it only receive a signal?
Thanks in advance!
Is there a way of using the programming software outside of the normal allowed freq's?
Mine won't let me put CB freq's into the software program.
I did the firmware update from the link description. The TX version is not working on any of my two UV-K5
I am guessing he tested with output at 500 mW...not much filter heating around the 2M band in his chart. The filters look pretty tight. I wonder if the filters will catch fire?
its working with mine, can tx on fm broadcast band in fm or am, can just about tx cb27 but slight offset. above 1ghz the first 1 is ommitted from display. delivers tx into dummy load for am airband!
almost as good as my vx7r, if only it did sideband, eh?
if quansheng play smart they will play on the marketing generated by the hacker community.
there should be a new version of chirp for it soon. work is in progress
Really? All this works? I want to cover UK CB am and fm and pmr446.... And I'd like it to tx in an emergency.... But I was told it wasn't possible....
I performed the update but due to a power failure it failed to complete the operation. Now it goes into programming mode but it doesn't work anymore. Any idea how to reprogram?
are supoort unlock too for k6 radio?
Hi!, Just watching this video now I know it's been a while since its out.
at 7:42 how do you make it work so that you can listen to the trunked frequency? You mentioned that we have to manually switch frequencies how do we do that exactly?
Just because the software can go down to 18 MHz doesnt mean that the hardware is sensitive there.
im late to the party but i cannot frint the programming software anywhere on the site jut the one to set and prrograsm the radio not flash it, has it moved?
haha yeah buddy!!!.. love your work mate!!!
Thanks mate 👍
This is great stuff:) I love to modify things:)
Will this firmware update allow AM receive in the 300mHz range?
I ordered it ! ...before it sells out!
Hey!! whatsupp!
I don´t know why, I am cannot download the firmware for this radio. (from the official site). I click on the link and it does nothing... PLS HELP!! It does the same on my notebook and on pc...
Even if they hack the firmware the internals only work with certain frequencies, sometimes you can hear or transmit on resonant frequencies.
My radio appears as COM4 on the “Portable radio update tools”, but when I press connect I get the Red Cross error message: “a device which does not exist was specified”.
Perhaps try finding some drivers for the cable that you're using or another cable?
Update, Attempted to upload the hacked UV-K5 firmware to the QuanSheng UV-5R, it gives an error and says the filename does not match. So, no go on the QuanSheng UV-5R, to UV-K5 hacked firmware update. It will program with the QuanSheng 1.38 programming software and takes a codeplug from the UV-K5 as well. Wonder if the Google chrome online firmware upload version will bypass that error? Anyone willing to give it a try and post results here would be appreciated. Thanks 73'
Did you mean QuanSheng UV-5R Plus?
@@VideobyRenta Yes, the name badge does say UV-5R Plus on the bottom of the radio. Was only aware of 1 model UV-5R from QuanSheng.
Is there a way to open the radio up to transmit on Airbands? I know it wouldn't be legal but it would be great for emergency use if lost and you happened to see search aircraft looking for you.
You should be able to pick up an old but good Icom IC A2, etc for $50 to $100
it wont be 8.33k legal but most important Air channels are still on 25k steps
The UV-5K will receive AM, but its hardware cannot transmit AM, only FM. You might break their squelch, but FM coming into an AM receiver will likely be too distorted to copy.
@@paulplack490 You must never have tried slope detection of FM?
Tx on airband requires finals that are linear Class A or AB. Most cheap FM finals operate as Class C amps, no good for AM output.
@@mmpiforall5913 You only need class A/AB on an AM tx if you are modulating an early stage.Most AM tx use a class C PA with a matching equal power AM Audio amp modulator feeding the PA's collector or drain. I've used an AM HF comm rx with a 2M converter and if you slope detect FM (offset by around 5KHz) it RX fine.
Hello ! I have a problem with my radio. When I click on update an error message appears. It says "update program failed!". Since, I can no longer turn on my radio. When I turn the knob, nothing is displayed on the screen.
what firmware did you load?
Kurz gefragt ist mit der Software. Der am Flugfunk sauber zu einfangen ohne Verzerrungen
What software did you use to programme radio i cant find it please link
Thanks Hayden,
I bought one of these radios on eBay (sorry Amazon had none at the time), but I looked at the sale email and apparently I had bought a UV-K6?, it won't make it here until April.
Is this a thing?, I was not aware of this model, have I been sold something different or is this a typo?
Thanks for the upgrade info though, it's awesome.
Hey mate. The UV-K6 is basically the same as a UV-K5 except a different speaker (apparently) and faceplate on the front of the radio.
Be interesting to see what the sensitivity level is on 10m fm with the sig gen
I betcha it is lower than whale crap. Lol
with a short whip i can get am broadcast stations around 19-22mhz. i need to get a second one to tear down and see if there ae filters that can be bypassed/switched/tweaked.
its only the tuned components that stop the full 5w on most frequencies to tx, they no doubt present a problem on rx.
it may be possible to add some latch relays to add a bypass for rx, and a choice of inductors for the output filters on tx
@@jstrunck I bet you are right!
That's in RX only?
I'm a pilot and having a backup radio would be a plus in case of an emergency
Do you need chirp to download the firmware? I’m a total noob at radios. Should I just stick with the stock firmware?
So with this mod I could listen to CB radio and pmr446 in the UK? And there is a transmission mod?
Nah, the TX won't stretch that far... hardware limitations then.
@@HamRadioDX so what can the tx mod do?
Ware do you download that program portable radio tools?
What trunked radio system has an analog voice that ou can hear that? is that an LTR system that you tuned into?
We had an analog trunk system with digital control channels... analog voice was on it and shifted frequencies between talkgroups.
I am able to read and write to my UV-K5 using the CPS app but when I try to upload a BIN file with the update tool I get a "The length of the file is too much!" error. I have tried renaming it to something shorter and moving it to the root of the drive but I'm still getting the same error message.
Same problem here. Haven't found a solution for this.
I have an error for install the drivers.
Error: The current language is not supported by the Device Driver Installation Wizard.
Can u help me?
is there a moble/base non hh upgrade biger radio to this radio or oters like this ??? like GMRS-50X1 and UV-50X2 and TYT TH-9800D Plus
hi, in how mode i know this radio is the First or the Second VERSION model ??? this expantion fix FW is only for the band or have the SSB receiving ? 73
K5 has white backlight, K5 (8) and K6 has Orange backlite and a different case
Eo baufeng 17 pro tem como desbloquear também? TKS Fort 73 de PU2VOS André. Tks
perdona macho y gracias por los videos . una cosa , ya lo hice pero no me deja transmitir solo recibir . en cb . podias ayudarme . ?
What is the best radio tools software to use for downloading the UV K5 firmware
what do you mean radio tools software? Like every other Chinese Factory CPS
Its MS Windows
The incl. TypeC to USB cable is solely charging and dont give acces to programming?
is it mandatory to gte one of these baofeng programming cable to upgrade it?
or could I use that incl. earphone cable with K5 that got that dual jack interface, and then cut the headhpne-end and suit it with a USB plug, if it got enough wire-strings and you know the USB pinout?
and use that as a makeshift programming cable.
No programming on the USB-C.
Yes you'll need a programming cable. Cannot use the earphone as you'd need a USB to serial converter chip and some other bits.
did you figure out out to change the frequencies?
Does the firmware work with the quansheng uv-k5(99)?
I have refreshed the firmware of the 18-1800 transmission version, but it still cannot transmit in the aviation frequency band 118-136. The receiver cannot receive sound, but there is a prompt on the screen and the green light will also be on. May I ask how to solve it? Does the hardware need to be modified?
I would love to have that great RSSI and extra backlight time but not at the expense of loosing half the output power on 446 Mhz. It seems that not as much is lost on 433 Mhz.
Will it scan a range stop on a received freq and continue scanning if not it's pretty much worthless for 800mhz trunking. If it dosentchave this option I can't imagine why they don't put it in as it would sell like crazy as a legit scanner even for trunking.
When I click update I get an error message saying "the length of the file is too much."
sadly firmware update doesnt work , cable works with a baofeng GT-3P am i doing something wrong?
What version of windows are you using?
Hi,
Does this unlock hack work on the slightly updated UV-K5 (8)? I really fancy having the 27MHz UK CB bands.
Some say yes but on mine I just get an error message saying "the file is too long," when pressing update.
What program are you using there? (TPI Link)
Very good video !!!
Anything on a fix for the airband AGC response issue?
Quansheng's official firmware may have a fix, but they have no release notes. Also try an external/better antenna
Hi mate loaded the firmware but still wont TX on UHF CB just says disabled
Is it possible to unlock the frequencies of 50,000 mghto talk on the quansheng uv-6k?
which frequency generator are you using?
I'm guessing with a beefy antenna it would improve Reception?
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Thanks!
The firmware upload tool has been updated to version 1.1.12. It causes an error on the larger .bin files. Anyone have the previous version 1.1.11 available somewhere? Tnx
hay whats up how are you is there a way to stop transmitting on the QUANSHENG UV-K5 globle and spicific channal
Should be a setting in the CPS to turn off TX, what exactly do you want to block?
i couldnt find it in the chirp or quansheng softwear i just want to shut off transmitting on certen chanals
@@mikenimni7954 delete the transmit frequencies in memories
i just want to listen and i tryed also going to duplex and it dose not have the option to do so and i went in the basic settings and it didnt have it ether i was ablr to do it on bofang easily is it possable gor you tto send me how to do it or make a youtube video
hi how are you is there a way to do it
I can not update: The file version is not match .. UV-K5 new from today ..Help plz?
i need help to install the usb driver i get a error about the language is not recognized by the system or something
Im curious about that limitation of the chip so it can't transmit from 630 to 840MHz
is it possible to do the same thing on the Quansheng UV K5 (8) ? im torn between the Quansheng UV K5 and the Quansheng UV K5 (8) . I like the deisgn of Quansheng UV K5 (8) much more but i wonder if i will be able to find as much tutorials like this one regarding the newer model....
They are the same radio i have both, the K5 (8) has better receive audio and a different case
and of course later firmware
the link doesn't download it keeps opening a new window
V1.1.12 everything working, downloading complete BUT are same frequency, nothing change after download, if problem is in version because I saw you use V1.1.11, what gone wrong?
1:42 where do you download that software? Portable radio update tools?
Im with you... the software on the site is sketchy looking.. and my computer is confident that its a virus. It wants to talk to china. My suggestion is doing this on an isolated computer.
OOoooo Yeaaaaaah
How high do you turn the volume control up when going in to boot.update mode ? because it's not communicating with radio using CPS software.
Just "on"...
Hold the PTT, turn the volume knob and the LED light on the top comes on... plug in the programming cable and the TX/RX LED changes to blue. Then you should be good to program.
Yep, got that thanks,.all modded now and the Air band is super clear. With the stock firmware it was terrible.
Now is the software availability intentional or not ?